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Competition DescriptionTo celebrate the close of the Guggenheim’s 50th Anniversary year, we invite you to create your own dream intervention of the Guggenheim Museum. Now you can take on the same challenge that 200 artists, designers, and architects took on for the exhibition Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum.

How to Submit• Design your own intervention of the Guggenheim’s iconic rotunda. • Your submission can be a hand sketch, a computer rendering, a watercolor, a painting, a photo collage—in other words, any 2-D format that helps communicate your ideas. • You have the option to use your own image of the Guggenheim Museum or download an image here to help communicate your vision. (See the rules below and the Official Rules for photography guidelines and use restrictions)• Provide a descriptive text between 50–200 words explaining your concept (optional).• Upload your design or a photograph of your design to the Flickr group Re: Contemplating the Void - Create Your Own Guggenheim Intervention. Please note that you must register for a Flickr account and join this Flickr group if you would like to upload your submission.• Become a member of the group and click "Add something?" to upload your submission.• You must tag your submission “guggenheim_museum”. If you forget to tag your submission, it will not be entered in the competition.• Don’t wait until the last hour to post your submission! If you miss the deadline, your submission won’t be eligible to win the prize. • Please see the Official Rules for the full list of eligibility and submission requirements. All submissions will be reviewed prior their acceptance in this competition for compliance with the Rules.• Please note that you must set your uploaded submission as "public" if you would like those that are not members of the group to be able to see it.

Winners• Contemplating the Void exhibition curators, Nancy Spector, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, and David van der Leer, Assistant Curator for Architecture and Design, will select five winners from all of the approved submissions received by midnight on May 14, 2010. Qualified entries will be judged on a variety of qualities. The jury invites you to be truly creative. Please send your dream interventions designed to capture the full potential of the Guggenheim's rotunda. No need to be limited by any sense of reality.• The winning designs will be announced on June 1, 2010 on the homepage of www.guggenheim.org. The Flickr group will remain open for submissions after the competition has closed, but these submissions will not be eligible for any prize.

Any taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners. Please see the Official Rules for complete details.

About the Guggenheim RotundaSince its opening in 1959, the Guggenheim Museum has served as an inspiration for invention, challenging artists and architects to react to its eccentric, organic design. The central void of the spiraling Rotunda has elicited many unique and innovative responses over the years, which have been manifested in both site-specific solo shows and memorable exhibition designs.

Your ImagesIf you use your own photographs of the Guggenheim Museum in your submission, please note that only exterior building images or interior images taken from the rotunda floor are eligible for this competition. Photographs taken from any location inside the Guggenheim Museum other than the rotunda floor and photographs that display any artworks on view inside the Guggenheim Museum are not eligible for this competition and will not be posted in the Flickr group. In addition, you must have the consent of any persons whose faces are visible in your photographs. Please see the Official Rules for complete details.

Limited Use of Guggenheim-Provided ImagesThe Guggenheim Museum has made available certain images of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum building (the “Guggenheim Images”) solely for the noncommercial purpose of creating a Submission for this Competition and only in accordance with the Official Rules. By downloading the Guggenheim Images, you agree not to reproduce, distribute and/or otherwise use the Guggenheim Images for any other purpose, including, without limitation, any commercial or revenue-generating use. Please see the Official Rules for complete details.

Official RulesThe Official Rules for this competition, which detail, among other things, eligibility requirements, submission requirements, rights granted to the Guggenheim Museum with respect to your submissions, and the additional paperwork you may be required to submit in the event you are selected as a competition winner, are available at www.flickr.com/groups/recontemplating/rules/. You must accept and agree to the Official Rules before you may join the Flickr group, Re: Contemplating the Void - Create Your Own Guggenheim Intervention, and enter this competition, so we urge you to read them carefully. We may need to change the Official Rules from time to time and reserve the right to do so. Please check back at www.flickr.com/groups/recontemplating/rules/ to see the latest.

Group Rules

2. Binding Agreement: In order to join this Flickr group and enter the Competition, each entrant (“you”) must agree to these Official Rules, which consist of the terms and conditions on this page. If you are a minor, you must obtain the permission of a parent and/or legal guardian and your parent and/or legal guardian must also agree to these Rules on their and your behalf before you can enter this Competition. Therefore, please read these Rules carefully prior to entry to ensure that you understand and agree. You agree that submission of an entry in the Competition constitutes agreement to these Rules. You may not submit an entry to the Competition and you are not eligible to receive the prizes described in these Rules unless you agree to these Rules. These Rules form a binding legal agreement between you and Organizer with respect to the Competition. You must have access to the Internet and a valid e-mail address in order to enter the Competition.

3. Eligibility: Employees of Organizer, as well as their immediate families (spouse, parent, sibling, child, and spouse of any of the foregoing) and those living in their immediate households, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter the Competition or to win a prize. The Competition is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, and is void where prohibited by law, including, without limitation, Italy, Brazil, Quebec, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Syria, North Korea, Sudan, Libya, Liberia, Zimbabwe, and Myanmar (formerly Burma). If you are a minor, you must have obtained the permission of a parent or legal guardian prior to entering the Competition, and the parent or guardian must have consented to be bound—on their child’s and their own behalf—to these Official Rules. If a minor is selected as a winner, the minor entrant’s parent or legal guardian may be required to sign a parental/guardian consent form in order for the minor to claim the prize. Parents of children under the age of 13 who wish to enter the Competition must create a Yahoo! Family Account and add the child to that account, in order to join the Flickr group Re: Contemplating the Void: Create Your Own Guggenheim Intervention. When you create a Yahoo! Family Account and add your child to the account, you certify that you are at least 18 years old and that you are the legal guardian of the child/children listed on the Yahoo! Family Account. see info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/utos-173.html for details.

4. Entry Period: The Competition entry period begins April 16, 2010 at noon and ends on May 14, 2010 at midnight (the “Entry Period”).

5. Competition Details: To celebrate the close of the Guggenheim’s 50th Anniversary year, Organizer invites you to create your own dream intervention of the Guggenheim Museum. This parallels the invitation Organizer extended to over 200 artists, designers, and architects for the exhibition Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum Rotunda.

6. How to Enter: Design your own intervention of the Guggenheim’s iconic rotunda.

• Your submission can be a hand sketch, a computer rendering, a watercolor, a painting, a photo collage—in other words, any 2-D format that helps communicate your ideas. • You have the option to use your own image of the Guggenheim Museum or download an image here to help communicate your vision (See the rules below for photography use restrictions).• Provide a descriptive text between 50-200 words explaining your concept (optional).• Join the Flickr group, Re: Contemplating the Void: Create Your Own Guggenheim Intervention and upload your submission. You must tag your submission “guggenheim_museum”. If you forget to tag your submission, it will not be entered in the Competition.• All entries must be in English. All images and text submitted as part of the entry may be used by Organizer for marketing and promotional purposes and will not be returned. Entries must be submitted during the Entry Period to be considered.• Organizer accepts no responsibility for lost or delayed submissions. The submission of an entry is your sole responsibility. Automated entries (including, but not limited to, entries submitted using any bot, script, macro or contest service), copies, third-party entries, facsimiles and/or mechanical reproductions are not permitted and will be disqualified. Each entrant may submit as many entries as they wish, one design per entry.• Please note that all submission will be reviewed prior their acceptance in this Competition for compliance with these Official Rules. • Please note that you must set your uploaded submission as "public" if you would like those that are not members of the group to be able to see it.

7. Submission Requirements: By submitting an entry in the Competition (the “Submission”), you represent and warrant the following:

• You are the sole and exclusive owner and rights holder of your Submission.• Your Submission is an original, unpublished work that does not contain, incorporate or otherwise use any content, material or element that is owned by a third party.• Your Submission must not have been previously submitted in any other competition and/or previously published or sold.• Unless you are using an image provided by Organizer (as described below), any photograph of the Guggenheim Museum included in your Submission must be either an exterior building images or an interior image taken from the rotunda floor. Photographs taken from any location inside the Guggenheim Museum other than the rotunda floor and photographs that display any artworks on view inside the Guggenheim Museum will not be posted in the Flickr group and will not be eligible for this Competition.• You must have the consent of any persons whose faces are visible in your Submission. If you are selected as a winner, you may be asked to provide a written consent form signed by any individuals depicted in your Submission.• You have not entered into or become subject to any contract, agreement or understanding that conflicts with your ability to enter into this legally binding agreement and convey the rights set forth herein.• Your Submission shall not infringe any third-party proprietary, intellectual property or other rights, including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or confidentiality obligation.• Your Submission must not be derogatory, offensive, threatening, defamatory, disparaging, libelous or contain any content that is inappropriate, indecent, sexual, profane, tortuous, slanderous, discriminatory, or otherwise does not comply with the theme and spirit of the Competition.

8. Limited Use of Guggenheim-Provided Images; Guggenheim Trademark Rights: Organizer has made available certain images of the Guggenheim Museum building (the “Guggenheim Images”) solely for the noncommercial purpose of creating a Submission for this Competition and only in accordance with these Official Rules. By downloading the Guggenheim Images, you agree not to reproduce, distribute and/or otherwise use the Guggenheim Images for any other purpose, including, without limitation, any commercial or revenue-generating use.

The exterior and interior building images of the Guggenheim Museum, as well as all variations on the name “Guggenheim,” are world famous trademarks and important assets of Organizer. Organizer is not at this time granting a license to use any of its trademarks and expects you to obtain Organizer’s permission before making any use (other than the limited use described above) of the Guggenheim name or building images. All right, title, and interest in and to the name “Guggenheim” and any derivative thereof, and the exterior and interior building images of the Guggenheim Museum, including goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby, shall remain vested in Organizer, and all use of the name “Guggenheim” and derivatives thereof, and the exterior and interior building images of the Guggenheim Museum, shall inure to the benefit of Organizer.

9. License Grant: By submitting a Submission, you grant to Organizer, its affiliates, and their respective successors and assigns, a nonexclusive, unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to publish, reproduce, display, transmit, distribute, adapt, make derivative works of, and otherwise use your Submission, in any media now known or not yet existing for any and all purposes. You hereby acknowledge that you shall not be entitled to any compensation for any use of your Submission by Organizer.

10. Winner Selection: Five winners will be chosen by the Contemplating the Void exhibition curators, Nancy Spector, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, and David van der Leer, Assistant Curator for Architecture and Design, from all of the approved submissions received by 12 pm EST on May 15, 2010. Qualified entries will be judged on a variety of qualities. The jury invites you to be truly creative. Please send your dream interventions designed to capture the full potential of the Guggenheim's rotunda. No need to be limited by any sense of reality. All winners will be announced on June 1, 2010 on the homepage of www.guggenheim.org. The Flickr group will remain open for submissions after the competition has closed, but these submissions will not be eligible for the prize. The decisions of Organizer and the judges in selecting the winners and in all matters relating to the Competition are final and binding.

There is no cash alternative and prizes must be taken as offered. Organizer reserves the right to substitute prize(s) of an equivalent value should the prizes become unavailable for any reason. If a winner chooses not to accept the prize, an alternate winner will be chosen. All federal, state, and local taxes on the value of the prizes are the sole responsibility of the winners. Each winner agrees to sign and return to Organizer any tax and release forms that Organizer may require. Failure to do so within the applicable time period may result in disqualification and forfeiture of his or her prizes. Return of any prize/prize notification may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Any potential winner who cannot be contacted within fifteen (15) days of attempted first notification may result in disqualification and forfeiture of his or her prizes.

12. Right to Use Name, Likeness, and Other Identifying Information: By submitting a Submission, you grant to Organizer, its affiliates and their respective successors and assigns, the right, except where prohibited by law, to use your name, likeness, city and state, biographical information, and Submission materials for all purposes, including, but not limited to, press and media communications, without further compensation to you. You also agree to participate in any media or promotional activity regarding the Competition. If you are a winner, you agree that Organizer may use your name and likeness to administer and promote the Competition and to conduct media interviews and promotional events, and you hereby explicitly waive your rights of privacy and publicity under applicable law.

13. Privacy: By participating in this Competition, you agree that Organizer can collect your personal information, and that if Organizer cannot collect the required data, you may not be eligible to participate in the Competition. Any personal information collected during the course of the Competition by Organizer will only be used for administering this Competition and for other purposes as outlined in these Official Rules, and will be subject to the Organizer’s Privacy Policy located at www.guggenheim.org/privacy-policy/. You will have the right to access, review, rectify or cancel any personal data held by Organizer by writing to Organizer at the address specified in the above-mentioned Web site address listed above. If you do not want your information used in this manner, do not enter this Competition.

14. General Conditions: This Competition is governed by the laws of the State of New York, United States. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. By participating in this Competition, you agree to be bound by the terms of these Official Rules, which will be posted at throughout the Entry Period, and by the decisions of Organizer and the judges, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this Competition.

Organizer reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant found to be (1) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Competition; (2) violating the Official Rules; (3) violating the terms of service, conditions of use or general rules or guidelines of any Organizer property or service; or (4) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any false information provided within the context of the Competition by any entrant concerning identity, postal address, or ownership of rights in the Submission, and/or non-compliance with Official Rules may result in the immediate elimination of the entrant from the Competition. Organizer further reserves the right to disqualify any entry that it believes, in its sole discretion, infringes or violates the rights of any third party or otherwise does not comply with the Official Rules. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE COMPETITION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, ORGANIZER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Organizer, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) are not responsible for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operations or transmission. Released Parties are not responsible for theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of Competition materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind. Released Parties are not responsible for inaccurate transmissions of or failure to display Competition materials as a result of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or any combination thereof. If for any reason the Internet portion of the Competition is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Competition, Released Parties reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition.

15. No Recourse to Judicial or Other Procedures: To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this Competition are hereby excluded, and you expressly waive any and all such rights.

16. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE RELEASED PARTIES FROM AND AGAINST ANY LIABILITY, CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, COSTS AND EXPENSES RESULTING FROM, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO (1) ANY ACT, OMISSION, DEFAULT OR BREACH BY YOU OF THE RULES OR ANY WARRANTY BY YOU SET FORTH HEREIN; AND (2) YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPETITION AND/OR YOUR USE OR ACCEPTANCE OF ANY PRIZE WON.

17. Severability: If any provision(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.

18. Entire Agreement: This binding agreement is the entire understanding between you and Organizer concerning the subject matter addressed herein and supersedes and replaces any previous understandings between the parties concerning the subject matter addressed in this binding agreement.

Additional Info

This group will count toward the photo's limit (60 for Pro members, 30 for free members)